Place Names Register Extract
Mount Fitch
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Print Extract | Search AgainName | Mount Fitch |
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Type Designation | Mount |
Place Id | 15470 |
Place Type | Feature |
Status | Recorded |
Date Registered | |
Location (Datum GDA94) | |
Latitude: -12° 57' S (Decimal degrees -12.958727) | |
Longitude: 130° 57' E (Decimal degrees 130.956127) | |
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Locality / Suburb | |
Rum Jungle | |
Local Government Area | |
Coomalie Community Council | |
History/Origin | S W Herbert records in November 1870:- ''... prominent hill... Mount Fitch bearing the name of a noted smart sailor of the 'Henry Ellis' whose name was Michael Edward Fitch. He was with Colonel Finniss at Escape Cliffs as a boatman and subsequently, on leaving the Territory, carried out the duties of postman for many years at Gawler in SA." |
Register & Gazettal information
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